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2011-12-06 11:31 |
Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是逸华要问的:头脑风暴。 U%Ol^xl +}Auk|>Dc Jessica: Yihua! your presentation was awesome! I'm really impressed! '%$-]~ %9.bu|`KK YH: 谢谢你 Jessica! 做得好,可不是我一个人的功劳!我们小组成员坐下来,来了一次头脑风暴!所以演示才这么成功。 h%|9]5(= b@F_7P% Jessica: 头脑风暴?What's that? l58l [$H( CH` YH: 就是大家坐下来一起讨论,集思广益呀! K1
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j)8 m9cj7 YH: Brain, b-r-a-i-n, 大脑; storm, s-t-o-r-m, 风暴。加在一起,brainstorm 就是头脑风暴喽! ;pCG9 fl!1AKSn@N Jessica: Exactly! Brainstorm basically means to put your heads together in order to come up with good ideas. yT 2vO_rH BiI{8`M!$x YH: put someones' heads together,把头放在一起!引申出来就是集思广益。就像中文里说的,三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮。 3XBp6` -MsuBf Jessica: That's right! 对了,吴琼的生日快到了,Let's put our heads together and figure out what we can give her for her birthday. @US '{hO1p AF
QnCl Of YH: Good idea! 我知道,吴琼特别标新立异,所以啊,这生日礼物也得有创意才行。 N6f%>3%1|. WVsKrFZT Jessica: I know how picky she can be... But we can do it! Let's think outside the box and see what we should get him. LsUFz_ tTE3H_ YH: Think outside the box? 到盒子外面去找? C`z;,!58% 8Q)y%7{6 Jessica: It basically means to break out of your normal ideas and be creative. W>VAbm BD?F`%-x YH: 这个说法形象!Think outside the box! 跳出条条框框去想,就是有创意。集思广益,一定能找到有创意的想法。 a6OrE*x:D 0n7HkDo Jessica: There you go! Now tell me what you've learned today! ,at-ci\' c|3h| YH: 第一,头脑风暴叫做:brainstorm;
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